OVERVIEW & PURPOSE/PLANNING

The lesson below will highlight the importance of controversial educational experiences that shaped the community. There will be elements that describe negative and potentially triggering events as recorded from the text Tulalip From My Heart by Harriette Shelton Dover. It is for these reasons that the lesson standards begin in the 6th grade. The content was created and cited with the intent to have students understand the severity of the historical accounts. Please consider the suggested grade when selecting educational materials.

STANDARDS 

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1.B

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.1.E

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1.B

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2

Social Studies Standard

H1.3.2 Compare the similarities and differences between their own cultural timelines and those of others.

G3.5.1 Describe the impact of European settlements on Native American tribes.

C3.4.1 Recognize that tribes have lived in North America since time immemorial.

G2.5.2 Explain how culture influences the way people modify and adapt to their environments.

H1.11-12.2 Design questions generated about individuals and groups that assess how the significance of their actions changes over time and is shaped by the historical context.

H2.11-12.2 Distinguish between long-term causes and triggering events in developing a historical argument.

(Washington State K-12 Learning Standards for Social Studies, 2019).

OBJECTIVES

• Develop student knowledge of past educational environments.
• Compare and contrast the past and present.
• Write to compare similar and dissimilar experiences.

MATERIALS NEEDED

Boarding Schools

Native American Boarding Schools

(Source: Library of Congress)

Between Two Worlds: Experiences at the Tulalip Indian Boarding School (1905-1932)

(Source: Hibulb Cultural Center and Natural History Preserve)

School Schedule 

(Source: Tulalip: From My Heart by Harriette Shelton Dover)

3-5 Resource: Tulalip Indian School: Dxʷlilap x̌alalʔtxʷ

6-12 Resource: Tulalip School: Dxʷlilap x̌alalʔtxʷ

(Source: Images & Content links  courtesy of the Hibulb Cultural Center and Natural History Preserve; Images courtesy of the University of Washington Digital Collections, Images courtesy of the Everett Public Library; Quotations courtesy of Tulalip From My Heart by Harriette Shelton Dover)

Current Events (6-12) Trigger warning of descriptions of abuse, violence, and death.

‘Genocide our people survived’: Tulalip school fueled generations of pain By Isabella Breda (June 29, 2022)

VERIFICATION

Interactive Response Powerpoint Task

Interactive Essay Response

ACTIVITY

Compare and contrast school experiences using the below interactive worksheets.

3-5:

Tulalip Indian School Compare and Contrast

6-12:

Tulalip Indian School Task Response